Cry Wolf

Growing up on a northern trap line, Harold Johnson was taught to keep his distance from wolves. For decades, wolves did the same for humans. But now this seems to be changing. In 2005, twenty-two-year-old Kenton Carnegie was killed in a wolf attack near his work camp. Part story, part forensic analysis,Cry Wolfexamines this and other attacks, showing how we fail to take this apex predator seriously at our own peril. (From University of Regina Press)

Johnson is a formerCrown prosecutor who has written several works of both fiction and nonfiction. His bookFirewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction. His other books include the novelCorvus, the genre-bending memoirCliffordand the nonfiction workPeace and Good Order.

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Interviews with Harold R. Johnson

The Sunday Edition29:39A former crown prosecutor on how the justice system fails Indigenous people

Harold Johnson is a Cree man from Saskatchewan, a Harvard law graduate, and a former crown prosecutor. He walked away from his career in law because he became convinced the justice system is only doing harm to Indigenous people. Michael Enright speaks with him about his life, how the killing of Colten Boushie and the Gerald Stanley court case shook him to the core, and his new book: Peace and Good Order: the Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada.

CBC Books7:34Harold R. Johnson on his Canada Reads longlisted book, Corvus

Harold R. Johnson talks to The Afternoon Edition in Saskatchewan about his dystopian novel.

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